Posts Tagged ‘Shorebird’

Last year Louise & I spent many hours “stalking” Whimbrels (Numenius phaseopus) while we were in Churchill, Manitoba and had a fantastic adventure. One of my Whimbrel images from that adventure is below…. Now, in Florida, shooting shorebirds, wading birds and the occasional diurnal raptor we come face to face with one of Whimbrel’s cousins. […]

As you may recall from earlier posts, it was quite a journey to get to Churchill, Manitoba, just below the Arctic Circle. It took two days to fly there, one day to Winnipeg (Manitoba’s Capital) and another day to Churchill (the train from Winnipeg takes 2 days!) and the same to return. When I got […]

A group of Stilt Sandpipers at dusk in the Tundra Marshes of Churchill, Manitoba on the Hudson Bay. They are happily milling around, preening but not looking for food – it is the end of the day, time for bed … I am stealthily taking their photographs, because as a photographer while I am edging […]

An image of a group of birds all heading in the same direction – hunting for sustenance in the Far North during their breeding season. But, can you spot the “odd man out”? I am not sure why, but I am always thrilled when I can get a shot with more than one species together […]

The Short-billed Dowitcher (Linodromus griseus) has a way with the girls during breeding season. He flies thousands of miles north, to the Tundra and puts on his breeding plumage. The plumage is highlighted by a bright orange (rufous) foreneck and breast. This is irresistible to the females – the purpose of the exercise. Then after […]

It is past 9:00 pm, there is no hint of sunset, but we are into the sweet light of the day, referred to by most as “golden hour”. I have been out since 6:00 am, just after sunrise, as there isn’t much night this far North – just south of the Arctic Circle – in […]

At first I easily mistook this bird for another Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa malanoleuca), as there head been several around. However, this bird was working the marsh for food by itself. A quick consultation with Sibley’s pointed me to the Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitarius). Apparently it is often mistaken for a Greater Yellowlegs but is described […]

Yes a great deal of the shorebirds that we see during our summer vacations and all winter long fly thousands of miles to the tundra in order to mate and breed. Part of this process is the courtship of the males and females to choose their partners and then nest and mate. One of my […]

I am on a Moose Peterson workshop in Churchill, Manitoba to photograph the nesting migrating birds. Why? Because most of the shorebirds display dramatically different plumage when mating and these images can only be caught here! So we are on our second day and I wanted to share with you come of the images from […]

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When I was 10 my dad lent me the family Brownie Box camera to go on my first school trip - a week away in Swanage. I used all of the three rolls of black and white Kodak 120 film and was enthralled by the results. I haven't stopped shooting in the 40+ years since - and I am still using Kodak black and white 120 roll film!